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While digging around for current research, I came across this 2001 Gallup poll on American Fears . You may recall that I've been trying to track down current and legitimate research on the fear of public speaking. The same tired old statistic "People fear speaking more than they fear death" has been eagerly accepted and repeated as fact, even though the study that is usually quoted is over 30 years old .

In 2008, I was often an audience member where presentation content and design relied almost exclusively on propaganda techniques. You can, too.) I've witnessed the backlash first hand in 2008. suggested that a "middle road" might occur with a swing of the pendulum. In my world, it's not wrong to note trends or ask questions! That's so 2001. The Passion of the PowerPoint. I'm stunned by the passion that PowerPoint (yes, humble PowerPoint!)

In seems that previously, Mark competed in the 2001 World Championships which has since produced 2003 winner Jim Key. Here’s an article I previously wrote on the subject, when I competed in the contest in 2008 -  How to win a speech contest even if you lose . The Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking for 2009 is Australian Mark Hunter, with his speech “A sink for a green tomato”. Beyond the accolades, having previously competed in the early rounds of the contest myself the contest is a good way to expand and improve your skills on the area of public speaking.

In 2001, trend-deconstructor Daniel Pink reinforced Handy's take with his book "Free Agent Nation: How America's New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live." quot; In 2008, psychologist Leonard Felder told us that we might consider making a living by putting together multiple streams of income.  Career paths are increasingly jobless.  0160; Way back in the late 1980s, management professor and consultant Charles Handy issued his research on the emerging trend. 

The overwhelming proliferation of Instant Messaging (IM), text messages, and Twitter has long placed linguists on alert.   The seamless incorporation of these media into everyday life and communication is astounding.   From 2001 to 2002, text messages leapt from 30 million sent to nearly 1 billion. Records also show that in March 2008, over 3 million Twitter messages (tweets) were posted daily. The world has certainly “shrunk,” but has speech quality diminished as well? To me, it seems rather natural to think that the flurry of emoticons, blistered thumbs, and 140

Microsoft got the message and released Office 2008 as a Cocoa app.  OS X was released in 2001.  I’m going to take a break from writing about slide design and slideware for a moment to tackle another subject:  Snow Leopard.  As you’re probably aware, Apple’s newest OS, Snow Leopard (OS 10.6) was released barely more than a